1952: San Francisco Peace Treaty comes into force. Japan renounces all right, title, and claim to Taiwan, but no "receiving country" is designated. The ROC claims to have formally acquired the territorial sovereignty over Taiwan and Penghu through peace treaties with Japan.

1952: Treaty of Taipei comes into force. Article 2 recognizes the disposition of Taiwan as specified in the San Francisco Peace Treaty.

1955: Mutual Defense Treaty with the United States comes into force. Article 6 recognizes the effective territorial control of the ROC over Taiwan.

2004 : The 6th legislative elections : the Democratic Progressive Party 89 seats, 79 seats Kuomintang, the People First Party 34 seats, 12 seats TSU, New Party one seat, no party coalition six seats, independents four seats

2004 : Kun Kun Cabinet resignation, took over as Premier Frank Hsieh

2005 : Chinese New Year cross-strait charter flights, separated 56 years later, the Civil Aviation charter flight landed in Taiwan in mainland China for the first time legally

2005 : The People's Republic of China through the anti-secession law, Taiwan's DPP government held three large protest Protect Taiwan 2696

2008: The Republic of the seventh legislative election case cum third and fourth cases nationwide referendum : the Chinese Nationalist Party won a landslide victory, get 81 seats, the Democratic Progressive Party obtained 27 seats, the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 3 seats, the People First Party 1 seat, no party a seat, while the third case of a referendum, by the fourth case were no

2008 : Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen was elected as the first female major political parties in the party chairman

2008 : Soyuz fishing boat incident : June 10 Japanese patrol boats fishing boat sank ROC " United", and the boat people taken to Japan interrogation, the crew back the next day, but the captain detained June 12 due to the pressure Republic of China, Japan, the release of the captain . June 13 ROC Premier Liu said the Japanese side will eventually be more force to resolve the Diaoyu Islands dispute .

2008 : SEF, ARATS again to resume talks on June 13, the two sides are expected to solve the current predicament . The talks have signed cross-strait weekend charter flights and mainland residents to travel two agreements.

2009 : Typhoon Morakot caused by Typhoon Morakot, the first time the ROC government refused foreign aid

2009 : Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian and his wife Wu Shu-chen ago was sentenced to life imprisonment.

2013 : The Department of Health into history, was upgraded to the Ministry of Health and Welfare . ( Institute of Medicine in the Department of Education and the Executive Yuan disability benefits ............ sectors combined )